QA Auditor in Harrogate

Overview

Quality Assurance (QA) Auditor (Full Training Provided)

Humdinger factory, Sherburn in Elmet, LS25

Love details? Notice things others miss? Enjoy following processes and making sure things are done properly? If that sounds like you, a career in Quality Assurance could be an excellent fit.

At Humdinger, we make millions of chocolate and snacking products enjoyed across the UK, including chocolate buttons, bars, eggs, raisins, sugar-coated chocolate and much more! As a QA Auditor, you'll help ensure every product leaving our factory is safe, high quality and made to the standards that our customers and consumers expect.

Position type: Permanent Full-Time

Pay rate: £31,960.00

Key Benefits:Healthcare cash plan via paycare (Dental, Optical, Chiropody, Professional Therapy, Counselling) with a value over £400 each year

Shift Pattern: Rotating weekly

• Nights: Sunday: 18:00 – 06:00 / Monday – Thursday: 22:00 – 06:00
• Afters: Monday – Thursday: 14:00 – 22:00
• Days: Monday – Thursday: 06:00 – 14:00 / Friday: 06:00 – 18:00

Closing Date: 14/11/2026

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

• Checking standards across the factory, completing inspections and audits to make sure equipment, production areas and working practices meet food safety and quality standards. This could suit you if you naturally notice small details, enjoy checking work accurately, like following a clear process and have experience in carrying out checks in any environment.
• Investigating quality issues - If something goes wrong, you'll help find out why and work with colleagues to prevent it happening again. This could suit you if you like solving problems, asking the right questions, staying calm under pressure and gathering facts before making decisions.
• Collecting information and completing records by updating systems and maintaining accurate documentation. This could suit you if you are organised, use computer systems like excel and Word confidently and can manage multiple tasks.
• Product quality checks and taste panels – you will taste, smell, check and observe physical chocolate products for the best quality and ensure they meet the standards we expect. This could suit you if you pay attention to the small details, can compare products consistently, feel comfortable sharing your observations and can analyse information well.
• Building relationships with production, engineering and technical teams to promote quality standards across the site. This could suit you if you communicate confidently and respectfully, can challenge standards appropriately and build positive working relationships.

Qualifications

We're looking for people with the right attitude and potential, as we will train you in the specifics. You’ll be someone who:

• Notices the details that others might miss
• Takes pride in doing things thoroughly and accurately.
• Is comfortable following processes and procedures.
• Communicates confidently and respectfully with a wide range of people.
• Enjoys solving problems and asking questions.
• Is organised and confident using computers, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Wants to learn and develop a long‑term career in Quality.

This role is based in a busy food production environment, so we're also looking for people who are comfortable working in a factory setting. You'll enjoy this role if you:

• • Like being out on the factory floor rather than sitting at a desk or being outside.
  • Are comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment where priorities can change.
  • Can stay focused and observant in areas that can sometimes be busy or noisy.
  • Enjoy working as part of a team and building relationships with different departments.
  • Are confident listening, learning and asking questions.
  • Have a genuine interest in understanding how products are made and how processes work.
  • Enjoy variety, as you'll be working with different products, people, equipment and production areas.
  • Are happy to regularly take part in tasting chocolate products, helping to ensure our chocolate products consistently meet the quality standards our customers expect.

Rewards Benefits

Structured training and development:

This is a genuine opportunity to begin a long‑term career in Quality. You'll learn specialist skills, gain recognised qualifications, work with some of the UK's biggest retailers and play a key role in ensuring millions of chocolate products reach consumers safely and to the highest standards.

• Your first day will be a structured welcome induction presentation, followed by 4 weeks of training which will include a combination of on‑the‑job shadowing, getting stuck in and learning the day‑to‑day tasks of a QA Auditor in our chocolate factory, such as what GMP looks like and how we complete internal auditing.
• Within your first 3-6 months, you will be formally trained in Food Safety, HACCP and Allergen Awareness, as well as general training to support you in the workplace such as Diversity & Inclusion.
• Following your first 3 months, you will be enrolled on the Humdinger (Zertus) standard review process with the opportunity to explore formal qualifications such as a Level 4 Quality Practitioner Apprenticeship, or more advanced food safety/quality qualifications, chocolate process training and opportunities to shadow customer visits and meetings.

We also offer:

• A competitive starting salary of £31,960.00 working Nights, Afters, Days.
• 4% employer and 5 % employee pension plan.
• Life assurance plan x4 basic salary.
• Various salary sacrifice schemes including pension payments, cycle to work and electric car (subject to meeting minimum criteria).
• Healthcare cash plan via Paycare (Dental, Optical, Chiropody, Professional Therapy, Counselling) with a value over £400 each year.
• Team events such as summer ice cream vans and engagement, charity and volunteering opportunities.
• Employee awards for demonstrating our team values and referring a friend to work at Humdinger.
• Free on‑site parking.

About Us

Humdinger’s Sherburn-in-Elmet site is a fast‑growing confectionery facility producing over 5,000 tonnes of chocolate and snacking products annually. With advanced technologies including belt coating, button manufacture, drop rolling, and hard panning, the site supports a diverse customer base across retail, third‑party, and B2B channels. The site offers a dynamic environment where technical leadership plays a pivotal role in driving quality, compliance, and innovation.